Twice in a single sentence

My mother unearthed a letter from a very early part of our history that contained pictures.

While the photos are light and grainy you can tell one girl is wearing pink and the other blue in the first picture and since I always wore pink I should be the one in the white heels but quite honestly if she was turned the right way round I really wouldn't be able to tell. It's quite obvious who's who in the second picture though because only my sister would have that kind of evil, scrunched-up expression on her face. I think I just alternated between smiling and looking scared.
And written on the back of the pictures: "Ning and Han, I love you. Love, Auntie Aida." I don't remember being able to induce that kind of love. But seventeen years ago it was all very clean and simple. 2006 was a mad-ass year in at least ten ways. Borat said something like "Shit times, good times, but mostly... shit times." Fortunately, Borat does not speak for me. Awkwardness, inertia, cynicism, lost friends, new friends, old friends, paper-crashes, but mostly learning the importance of

- being patient and humble
- discovering things on my own
- expecting anything

I think it is best to have coherent resolutions.